First the Sri Lankan presidential palace was overrun - then the leader fled the country in a military jet - and shortly, he's expected to hand in his official resignation letter.
Many are calling the end to the dynasty a win for "people power" after months of protests over the country's crippling economic crisis.
The country is now under a state of emergency and a curfew, as demonstrators clashed with riot police and stormed the prime minister's office too.
Sri-Lanka based journalist and author Fidel Fernando spoke to Corin Dann.
